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тот человек бабочку, меж сомкнутых ладоней посадил и к прозорливцу направился. Идет и про себя веселится:
-- Скажу ему, мол, какая бабочка в руках моих -- мертвая или живая. Скажет, что живая, так я ее в кулаке сожму. Скажет, что мертвая, так я ее и выпущу. Пришел человек к мудрецу и говорит:
-- Все тебе видно, все открыто. Скажи, мертвую бабочку я тебе принес или живую? Посмотрел на него мудрец и говорит:
-- Всё в твоих руках!



Once upon a time there lived a wise man. People from all over the neighbourhood and even from other towns visited him to have an advice. And nobody left him being inconsolable. The glory about his wisdom spread all over the country.
An envious man heard about him one day and thought,
"Im going to laugh at him!"
He caught a butterfly, put it between his closed palms and went to the wise man. While the envious man was going he was cheering in himself,
"Ill ask him what kind of butterfly I have in my hands - dead or alive. If he says "alive" ill clench my fist. If he says "dead" ill let it out".
He came to the wise man and told,
"You can predict everyting. Could you tell me what kind of butterfly I brought - dead or alive?"
The wise man looked at him and said,
"Everything is in your hands".